The naming of the USS Harvey Milk recognized those like Milk who contributed to the nation’s defense despite the ...

Navy Chief Watertender Oscar Verner Peterson died while performing damage control on his ship during the Battle of the Coral ...

"People want to be proud of the ship they're sailing in," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in announcing the ship named after the gay rights leader would now be called the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

The USNS Harvey Milk is a 742-foot-long ship that was launched in November 2021 and designed to support other ships at sea, NPR News reported.

The USNS Harvey Milk was named in 2016 by then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who said at the time that the John Lewis-class of oilers would be named after leaders who fought for civil and human rights.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the new name for the naval ship USNS Harvey Milk will be the USNS Oscar V. Peterson. "We are taking the politics out of ship naming," Hegseth said in a statement to ...

It was Milk who commissioned artist Gilbert Baker to create a symbol to represent the LGBTQ+ community. Until then, the triangle had been employed, which was used by the Nazis to denote homosexuality ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that a U.S. Navy ship previously named after LGBTQ rights hero Harvey Milk will be renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson — a move he said was aimed ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who received the Medal of Honor. The decision strips the ship of the name of a slain ...

No other changes are expected soon to the fleet of John Lewis-class ships, most of which are named after civil rights figures ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who received the Medal of Honor, stripping the ship of the name ...

The USNS Harvey Milk was renamed USNS Oscar V. Peterson by the Trump administration. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the change removes politics from ship naming.